Gene Changes Affect Proteins
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Identify the mutation type: adding 1 nucleotide shifts all later codons.
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Identify the best model to show how a premature stop affects a protein.
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Identify the most likely outcome of a frameshift early in a gene.
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Many downstream amino acids change; protein often becomes nonfunctional. Shifting the reading frame scrambles all codons after the mutation.
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